LIGHTS,
CAMERA, ACTION! This is the super-star treatment for the current
Tusker project Fame 6 (TPF6) participants for the next few weeks. These contestants
from East Africa get pampered on fully paid shopping trips; limousine rides
complete with bodyguards and escorts. Nairobi’z Blogazine got a peek of
some of the contestants meet and greet trips to different joints in town
including Club Betty’z and Samba Restaurant in downtown Nairobi.
The meet and greet
enables them basically to unwind; dance; sing; sign autographs and just meet
and greet their fans. How can you be part of this excitement; I bet you are
asking! Well, each week; during the daily shows, they announce where they will
be every Tuesday from their meet and greet.
Nonetheless; every
eviction Saturday, you can join the evicted contestants at K1-Klubhouse in
Parklands for the Tusker Night Eviction Party. Here are some of the meet and
greet highlights…
The Tandawazi festival features dance, music,
martial arts, culture and more. The festival show starts at 6:00
p.m. at the Goethe-Institut Auditorium. Tickets can be bought in advance
for KES 1000 and at the gate for KES 1500, inclusive of a complimentary drink.
For more info, call: +254 711 447 994.
From a breathtaking
new voice, winner of the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing, a novel about a
splintered family in Kenya and the struggling nation around it--a story of
power, deceit and survival, grief and madness, unrequited love, sacrifice and
perseverance.
From the
award-winning author of HALF OF A YELLOW SUN, a dazzling new novel: a story of
love and race centred around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face
difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home.
Join us for the joint launch of Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s DUST and
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s AMERICANAH on Friday 29th November at the Marshall’s
Service Workshop/ Warehouse from 8.00pm.
This event also features a visual art retrospective
that reflects on a shared sensibility between photographers, writers and other
artists including Wangechi Mutu, curated by Mbithi Masya. Live music & top
DJs thereafter.
Entry Options
1. Ksh 1,000 for advance tickets :http://bit.ly/1efuFjqThis
ticket includes a copy of EITHER Dust OR Americanah (choose one option when
placing order, and you will then receive this at the venue as entry)
OR
2. Ksh 400 at the door. - entry ONLY
Venue: Marshall’s Warehouse, Loita Street
Venue Directions: Marshall’s Warehouse is located
opposite Kenindia House on Loita Street | Map: ( See here:http://bit.ly/1cEGg9G) Ample parking space and security available
Enquiries: info@kwani.org or Tel 020 444 1801 |
Twitter : @kwanitrust #kwaniat10 | Web :http://bit.ly/1f75wdA
The Kitenge Party went down at the Skylux
Lounge over the weekend and everyone was so turnt up. The dress code was either
Kitenge or anything that had an African touch to it and it was great that the
party people took the theme seriously.
The end result was a colourful African party of
beautifully clad guests . It was Star-studded event graced by HBR’s G
Money, Dj Kafi, Sheila Kwambox and even Uganda’s Jose Chameleone was in
attendance(although he did not observe the African theme). Here are some
beautiful pictures from the event courtesy ofHBR 103.5
Kenya’s largest cake or lets say the biggest
cake to ever be baked in the country was recently baked by Nairobi based Cake
shop, Cake City. The cake which weighs 5000KG or asNairobiWiredescribed it, (equivalent to the weight of five proboxes) was cut at
Pride Inn Hotel in Westlands on Saturday evening to mark Cake City’s first anniversary.
The piece of art took a total of 7 days to bake it and according to Cake City’s
boss Shaheed Ali Khan, his first aim was to break the 1989 record set in
Alabama, of the world’s largest birthday cake which weighed a whooping 58,000
kg.
“This is a major milestone for us and the
country because no other outlet has done this in the region and my team is
going to pull all the stops to break the world record soon,” He
added.The pieces of the cake were distributed to several childrens’ home.
Channel O, known for giving vast quality entertainment
to its viewers is partnering with Sepetuka, 2013 to add the thrill, fun
and excitement to its fans. Christmas comes early for Nairobi music lovers
as this is going to be a larger than life event and if you’ve been to
the previous ones, you know for a fact that this is going to rock.
This year marks the 5th edition of Sepetuka which has
massively risen to become one of the most awaited events calendar in
Nairobi; Starting out in 2008 with a record of approximately three
thousand fans attending to a whooping seven thousand people last year,
2012.
Previous Sepetuka events have seen
international DJs crowning the occasion and having full spectra of the
music genres well represented. From dancehall, hip hop, house, afro beats,
drum & bass at the Carnivore ground to the tens of thousands of music
fans who have never been disappointed.
2013 comes with its unique angle, thrill
and excitement as the DJs set to spin are renowned worldwide and just like
the previous ones, all music genres are well represented. DJ Premier,
a.k.a Preem, Premo or Primo is a DJ and Producer, for more than twenty
years, from the United States known for his impeccable hip hop blend that
has seen him in many titles. Source magazine placed him on its list of 20
greatest producers. About.com ranked him number One on their Top 50 Hip-‐Hop Producers list and he also made the final in
Vibe magazines search for the greatest hip hop producer of all
time. So the hip hop lovers are going to have a moment for life.
Adding to this superb list id DJ ZJ Chrome,
riddim and dance hall lovers know exactly what this name has to offer. He
is best known for producing V6, Cardiac Bass, Cardiac Keys and Cardiac
Strings amongst many other riddim. Chrome is best described as creative
and humble and he is a legend to dancehall lovers all over the world. We
also have DJ Kent, popularly referred to as the coolest DJ in South
Africa. The twenty five year old is the epitome of cool, calm and
collected but this change as soon as he hits the decks and spins the crowd
into frenzy.
